Prate
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vi. （古时用语）唠叨，啰唆;
📝 例句
Hold your prate.
别废话。
merely prate about
只是空谈[胡扯]
To talk or chatter idly or meaninglessly;babble or prate.
闲聊毫无意义地闲聊或瞎扯；唠叨或胡言乱语
to talk glibly about; to prate about; to prattle about
侈谈
platitude; senseless prate; cliche; often-repeated rubBish
陈词滥调
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ p-拼音“喷”,rate-速率:以一定的速率喷→瞎扯
※ pr-拼音“仆人”,ate-吃:仆人一边吃饭一边唠叨
※ pray-祈祷,prate-空谈:有人认为祈祷是特别的空谈
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
prate
v
(derog 贬)
(a) [I, Ip] ~ (on about sth) talk or chatter too much (about sth) （对某事物）喋喋不休, 唠唠叨叨
Listen to him prating on about nothing. 听他瞎唠叨.
(b) [I] talk (foolishly) 胡扯
a prating idiot 胡说八道的笨蛋.
🔁 扩展释义
*[preit]vi. 唠叨, 空谈vt. 瞎扯n. 唠叨, 空谈, 瞎扯
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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Cinnamon!
肉桂！
Do you have any other flights?
你们还有别的班机吗？
I must go to the greengrocer's.We haven't got many tomatoes,but we've got a lot of potatoes.
我还得到蔬菜水果店去一下。我们番茄不多了，但土豆还有不少。